Eric Berube Email & Phone Number

Experienced facilitator and leader starting a career in education after serving as an Army officer.I earned my B.A. in History at the University of Minnesota concentrating in Medieval European studies. After college I spent eight years serving as an officer in the United States Army. I learned to lead groups from as small as four people to as large as one hundred. I was responsible for planning and executing training programs and developing curriculum to ensure successful completion of annual certification for the soldiers under me. During that time I grew to enjoy the coaching and mentoring portion of my job more than anything else. As I was promoted I was moved away from those experiences more and more and spent my time in meetings and planning sessions. Those experiences were instructive and the lessons will be useful in the future, however, I realized I wanted to transition to a career as a history teacher.I attended the Harvard Graduate School of Education where I learned to blend my experiences and skills from the Army with educational strategies and practices. My goal as an educator is to create environments where I students are comfortable to be their true selves and support the choices of those around them. I have embraced the powerful educational tools that constructivism practices bring to the classroom. Harvard gave me experience with the technologies that are becoming more available for schools to integrate into lessons plans as well as experience with how to enrich a classroom with nothing but arts and craft supplies.